JP2839968B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of multi-window display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some book-type information management systems using an information processing apparatus capable of multi-window display have a tag function for indexing a partial page of a book. For example, a known document (Information Processing Society of Japan, No. 38
Annual Conference Proceedings (II), P1096-P1097 "Actipe
In the system disclosed in "dia-Electronic Book (ACTEK)", Hidekazu Tanigawa, et al.), a desired tag can be immediately checked by attaching a sticky note. In this case, the attributes of the sticky note are width, height, color, paste destination page number, and the like.
Only a preset fixed index function is provided.

[0003]

According to the prior art described above, the tag has only an index function based on fixed data provided from the system side as its function.
For this reason, the information obtained from the tag is very scarce, and the operator is inconvenienced when searching for a desired page or window in the book.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of searching for information closer to that of a publication by enriching a tag function. .

[0005]

The gist of the first invention of the present application which achieves the above object is an information processing apparatus capable of multi-window display and processing objects in page units, wherein an arbitrary information of each page is provided. Paste means for pasting a sticky window at a position, registration means for arbitrarily registering objects in the sticky window pasted by the paste means, and
Link the tag window and the page according to the position
Or link means for unlinking , the link means
Means that a sticky note window is pasted on the displayed page
When the sticky note window and the page are
Link to the sticky window on the displayed page
Is not pasted, the sticky window and the
It is to unlink with the page .

The gist of the second invention of the present application is that
Page linked to the sticky note window is
If hidden by superimposition, link to the page
For displaying only the non-overlapping part of the displayed sticky note window
Has been further provided.

[0007]

[0008]

The tag window can be pasted at an arbitrary position on each page, and the objects in the tag window can be arbitrarily registered. Therefore, the operator can freely register his or her easily visible objects such as memos at desired window positions. According to the position of the pasted sticky window , that is, display
Sticky note window is pasted on the page that has been
Link, the tag window and the page are linked
And a sticky note window is pasted on the displayed page.
When not attached, the tag window and the page
Because di is unlinked, sticky notes and linked and may be able to perform information processing with an integrated page of course, sticky link by adjusting the bonding position of the tag window, unlinked Can be easily controlled. Also, if the linked page is hidden by superimposition of another page, the non-superimposed part of the sticky window linked to this page is displayed,
Searching for pages that are not currently open is also very easy.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware of an information processing apparatus used in a book-type information management system as an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU (central processing unit).
M (random access memory) 3, ROM (read only memory) 4, input interface 5, and output interface 6.

The input interface 5 includes a coordinate input device capable of inputting coordinates such as a pointing device such as a mouse or a tablet, or a character input device capable of inputting characters such as a keyboard. Device 7 is connected. An output device 8 such as a high-resolution bitmap display device is connected to the output interface 6.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram functionally showing the configuration of this embodiment. This embodiment actually has a database unit for storing and managing objects, a multi-window display control unit, and the like. The operation will be described.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes an input unit comprising the input device 7 and the input interface 5 shown in FIG. An input data processing unit 12 is connected to the input unit 11. The input data processing unit 12 includes an input unit 11
It also performs the operation of identifying input data from. That is, it is determined whether the input is related to the operation of the tag or the operation of the book.

The input data processing unit 12 includes a tag processing unit 13
And a book processing unit 14 are connected. Sticky note processing unit 1
3 is for setting a sticky note window as described later, registering an object in the sticky note window, and setting a sticky note window and a page when the input data is identified to be related to a sticky note operation. Set a link between. By operating the input unit 11, the operator can paste a sticky note at a desired position on a desired page in the book, and a sticky note window and a page are displayed in accordance with the initial position of the paste. Is linked or unlinked. Further, the operator can input and register an arbitrary object in the tag window.

The book processing unit 14 registers an object on a book, processes a book window, turns a page, or performs a page operation when input data is identified as being related to a book operation. Perform a search.

In this specification, all data handled by the information management system, for example, data such as characters, figures, images, etc., is called an object, and the unit for storing the object is called a page. A book that binds a plurality of pages is called a book, and a book that stores an object having additional information on the page is called a tag.

The tag processing unit 13 includes a link information registration unit 15
And a link information calling unit 16 are connected. The link information registration unit 15 is connected to a link information storage unit 17 formed in the RAM 3 of FIG. When the tag processed by the tag processing unit 13 is pasted on a page, the link information registration unit 15 stores link information indicating whether there is a link relationship between the tag and the page. Register in the link information storage unit 17. The link information calling unit 16 is also connected to the link information storage unit 17. The link information calling unit 16 is further connected to the book processing unit 14, and the tag processing unit 13 and the book processing unit 14
Link information indicating whether there is a link relationship between the tag and the page processed by
Read from

An output control unit 18 is connected to the tag processing unit 13 and the book processing unit 14. The output control unit 18 is connected to a display unit 19 composed of the output device 8 and the output interface 6 shown in FIG. 2, and has a tag and a page processed by the tag processing unit 13 and the book processing unit 14, respectively. Is displayed in multi-window on the display unit 19 according to the state of the window. Note that the pasting means of the present invention is realized by the input unit 11 and the sticky processing unit 13, the registration means of the present invention is realized by the sticky processing unit 13, and the link means of the present invention is the sticky processing unit 13, The link information registration unit 15 and the link information storage unit 17 are realized, and the means for displaying only the non-overlapping part of the present invention is realized by the book processing unit 14 and the display unit 19.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a main processing routine of the information processing apparatus. First, in step S1, an external event provided from the input device 7 such as a pointing device or a keyboard or an internal event such as a timer is received. Next, in step S2, processing corresponding to the type of each input event is performed.
It is determined in step S3 that the processing content has been completed, and when the processing has been completed, the main processing routine is terminated. If the processing has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S4, where the data is output to an output device 8 such as a bitmap display device. Hereafter, steps
Loop processing is performed indefinitely until it is determined in S3 that the processing content has been completed.

Next, various events related to the present invention and processing operations corresponding to the events will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a general book page processing routine. This process is executed when the current page is changed due to page turning or the like, and when the book needs to be displayed or redisplayed due to creation, movement, copying, opening, and the like of the book.

First, in step S101, it is determined whether the page to be displayed is the current page. If it is current, this processing routine ends. If it is not current, the process proceeds to step S102, and the page to be displayed is set as the current page.

In the next step S103, it is determined whether or not there are any unprocessed pages in the book, and the following steps S104 to S107 are repeatedly executed as long as there are unprocessed pages. In step S104, it is determined whether the target page is the current page, and if it is the current page, the process returns to step S103. If it is not the current page, the process proceeds to step S105. In step S105, it is determined whether there is an unprocessed tag linked to this page, and the processes in steps S106 and S107 are executed as long as there is an unprocessed tag.
In step S106, the applicable sticky note window is displayed at the top, and in step S107, the object registered in the sticky note is displayed in the sticky note window. This allows you to step through all sticky notes linked to the target page
The processing of S106 and S107 is performed.

If it is determined in step S103 that all pages of the book have been processed, the program proceeds to step S108. In step S108, the book window is displayed at the top, and in the next step S109, the objects registered in the current page are displayed in the book window.

Next, in step S110, it is determined whether there is an unprocessed tag linked to the current page, and the processes of steps S111 and S112 are executed as long as there is an unprocessed tag. In step S111, the applicable sticky note window is displayed at the top, and in step S112, the object registered in the sticky note is displayed in the sticky note window. As a result, the processes of steps S111 and S112 are performed for all the sticky notes linked to the current page.

In the above processing routine, the book window and the tag window are operated in the following order in order to express the superposition relationship between the book and the tag linked to each page.

(1) Of the tags linked to pages other than the new current page, the window to be displayed is placed at the top, (2) the window displaying the contents of the new current page is placed at the top, (3) ) Place the sticky note linked to the new current page at the top.

By this processing, only the non-overlapping portion of the tag linked to a page other than the current page is displayed.
The tag linked to the current page is displayed on the book.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation processing routine for a book. In this process, the operation for the book is performed by inheriting the tag linked to each page of the book.

First, in step S201, operation of the book window, for example, moving, copying, deleting, opening,
A close operation is added. In the next step S202,
It is determined whether there is any unprocessed page in the book, and the following steps S203 and S204 are repeatedly executed as long as there are unprocessed pages. When all the pages of the book have been processed, this processing routine is ended. I do. Step S203
Then, it is determined whether there is an unprocessed tag linked to this page, and the process of step S204 is executed as long as there is an unprocessed tag. In this step S204, a sticky note is processed according to the operation of the book window. That is, when a movement operation is performed on the book window, the same movement as the relative movement of the book window is performed on the tag linked to the page of the book. When a copy operation is performed on the book window, a tag linked to the page of the book is copied, and link information is set in such a manner as to keep the same relative position with respect to the page of the new book. When a delete operation is performed on the book window, the tag linked to the page of the book is also deleted together with the link information. When a book is closed, the tag window linked to that page of the book is also hidden, just as the book window is hidden. When a book is opened, the tag window linked to that page of the book is also displayed, just as the book window is displayed.

After the processing routine of FIG. 5 is completed, the display is performed by the processing routine of FIG. 3 through the processing routine of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing routine for performing different processing on a tag depending on whether or not the tag is linked. When a process such as moving, copying, or deleting a tag is performed, the process is executed when the tag is not linked, but the process is not executed when the tag is linked. This is because the linked tag is integrated with the book and cannot be operated independently. In addition, object registration to the sticky note,
For operations that are not related to a link, such as deletion, the processing does not differ depending on the presence or absence of the link.

That is, first, in step S301, it is determined whether the operation can be performed on the linked tag and whether the target tag is not linked (however, the display on the drawing is simplified). Fig. 6
The sticky note linked to S301? Only shown). If the operation can be processed or the tag is not linked, the operation of the tag window is executed in the next step S302. In other cases, the processing routine is terminated without operating the tag window.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a link information management processing routine.

First, in step S401, it is determined whether the processing content is link setting (link processing) or link release (unlink processing). If it is a link process, the process proceeds to step S402, in which the target sticky note, the target book, the page of the book on which the sticky note is pasted, link information such as the relative positional relationship between the book window and the sticky note window are stored, This processing routine ends. If it is an unlink process, the process proceeds to step S403, the link information is deleted, and the process routine ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when the link button of the tag is operated. However, it is assumed that there is a link button in the upper left corner of the sticky note window.

First, in step S501, the coordinates of the upper left corner of the tag window are set to (x ₀ , y ₀ ). In the next step S502, a window at the top of the coordinates (x ₀ -1, y ₀ -1) at a position shifted by (1, 1) to the upper left from the coordinates is checked. This is performed in order to easily search the top window among windows below the tag at the position of the link button.

In the next step S503, the coordinates (x ₀ −1,
It is determined whether or not the topmost window of y ₀ -1) is a book window. If it is not a book window, this processing routine ends. If the topmost window is a book window, the process proceeds to step S504, where a tag can be pasted at the coordinates (x ₀ -1, y ₀ -1) of the book window, and a tag is pasted on the current page of the book. Determine if it is possible. If the tag cannot be pasted, this processing routine ends. If the tag can be pasted at that position on the current page of the book, the process advances to step S505 to perform link processing between the current page of the book and the tag. Thus, the link information is registered by the link information management processing routine of FIG. Next, in step S506, the link button is changed to the unlink button, and this processing routine ends.

By the above operation, the tag is displayed at the position of the link / unlink button as if it were pasted on the opened page of the book.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a new sticky note creation processing routine.

First, in step S601, a new sticky window with the coordinates (x, y) as the given initial position at the upper left corner is newly created. The initial state of the link relationship of the tag is determined by the initial position (x, y). That is,
As in the processing routine of FIG. 8, in the next step S602,
The uppermost window is examined for coordinates (x-1, y-1) at a position shifted by (1, 1) to the upper left with respect to the coordinates.

In the next step S603, the coordinates (x-1, y)
It is determined whether the topmost window in -1) is a book window. If it is not a book window, the process proceeds to step S604 without setting a link relationship, a link button is set (displayed), and this processing routine ends. If the topmost window is a book window, the process advances to step S605 to determine whether the coordinates (x-1, y-1) of the book window are linkable and the current page of the book is linkable. If the link cannot be made, proceed to step S604.
If a link can be made at that position on the current page of the book, the process advances to step S606 to perform link processing between the current page of the book and the tag. Thus, the link information is registered by the link information management processing routine of FIG. Next, in step S607, after setting (displaying) an unlink button, the processing routine ends.

As described above, the created sticky note is represented by a window having the coordinates (x, y) given as the initial position as the upper left corner, and the upper left corner of the window when link processing is performed. Indicates an unlink button, and a link button is displayed when no link processing is performed.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when the unlink button of the tag is operated.

First, in step S701, the link information between the tag and the book is deleted by the processing routine of FIG. 7 (unlink processing), and in the next step S702, the unlink button is changed to a link button, and this processing routine ends. I do.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a page search processing routine using a tag of a book.

First, in step S801, it is determined whether or not a tag specified by a pointing device or the like is linked to a book. If there is no link, this instruction is regarded as an operation other than page search (for example, registration of an object), and the process proceeds to step S802. After other processes are executed, the process routine ends.

If it is determined in step S801 that the page is linked, the flow advances to step S803 to determine whether the linked page is the current page. If it is the current page, the process proceeds to step S802, and if it is not the current page, the process proceeds to step S804. In step S804, the page to which the designated tag is linked is set as the current page of the book. Next, in step S805,
The book page processing is performed by the processing routine of FIG.
This processing routine ends.

FIGS. 12 to 16 are explanatory views showing display examples of the display unit 19 in the present embodiment described in detail above.

FIG. 12 shows the screen of the display unit 19 in a state where the objects stored in the opened book are displayed in page units. On this screen, an icon 21 indicating that the book is open, an opened page 22 in the window, and a button 23 for turning the page 22 are displayed. The button 23 is the input unit 11
Is indicated by a pointing device.

FIGS. 13 and 14 show display examples of a tag window which is multi-window displayed on the display unit 19. FIG. FIG. 13 shows a case where the tag window 24 is not linked to the page, and a link button 24a for linking to this page is provided at a corner of the tag window 24.
It is shown. On the other hand, FIG. 14 shows a case where the tag window 25 is linked to the page, and an unlink button 25a for releasing the link with this page is shown at the corner of the tag window 25. ing. The rectangular area 26 shown in FIG. 13 is an area for moving the tag window.

FIG. 15 shows the page 27 and the tag window 2.
8 to 32 show a multi-window screen, in which sticky note windows 28 and 29 not linked to any page and a sticky note window 30 linked to the displayed page 27 are shown. , 31, a tag window 32 linked to a page that is not displayed but a page behind the page 27, and a button 33 for newly setting a tag are displayed in a multi-window display. I have.

FIG. 16 shows various objects 34a-34.
9 shows a display example of a tag window 34 in which e is registered. As shown in the figure, the tag window 34 includes, for example, character data 34a, figure data 34b, and image data.
Data 34c, an icon 34d, a button 34e, and the like.

A method for registering such an object at an arbitrary position in the tag window 34 will be described below.

The information processing apparatus defines a page as a unit of a place where an object is registered. A book is a collection of pages, but a tag is also an expression having a single page. Therefore, an object that can be registered on a page of a book can be arbitrarily registered also on a tag. To register an object, for example, the following method is used.

(1) Movement and Copying An object on a book is selected, and an arbitrary position of the tag is designated as the moving destination and the copying destination to register the tag on the tag.

(2) Creating a new note on a sticky note A method of inputting a character by placing a cursor on the sticky note, setting a mode in which a dragging trajectory is drawn on a page, and performing dragging on the sticky note, etc. Create an object in

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG.

In the display state as shown in FIG. 12, that is, when the book is opened and the objects stored therein are displayed in page units, the button 23 is designated by the pointing device (input unit 11). Suppose.
As a result, the book processing unit 14 reads the object of the next page and displays the object of the next page in a window so that the page is turned over (see the processing routine of FIGS. 3 and 4).

In this display state, when an unused tag is to be pasted, an initial position of the tag window is designated after the sticker creation button 33 is designated by a pointing device. Accordingly, when the initial position of the tag window is on the book display page 27, the tag processing unit 13 recognizes the tag as a tag to be linked to the book.
7 are displayed on the display unit 19 as tag windows 30 and 31 linked to. On the other hand, if the initial position of the tag window is not on the display page 27, it is recognized as a tag not linked to the book, and is displayed on the display unit 19 as a tag window 28 not linked to the page 27.

When a tag window not linked to the display page 27 is to be linked to this, the tag window 24 is dragged by operating the rectangular area 26 of FIG.
4a is moved so as to be superimposed on the page 27, and then the link button 24a is designated by the pointing device. As a result, the tag processing unit 13 sets the tag window 2
A link is set up between page 4 and page 27 and registered in link information storage unit 17 (see the processing routine in FIGS. 8 and 7). In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, an unlink button 25a is displayed in the tag window. In the tag window linked to the page 27, processes such as moving, copying, deleting, opening or closing an icon for the page 27 are inherited. Therefore, the book processing unit 14 changes the tag window 25 to the linked page.
(See the processing routine of FIG. 5).

When the tag window linked to the display page 27 is set so as not to be linked to the tag window, the unlink button 2 is operated by the pointing device.
Indicate 5a. Thereby, the tag processing unit 13 releases the link between the tag window and the page 27, and displays the link button 24a in the tag window. in this case,
The link is also released for processing such as moving, copying, deleting, opening or closing an icon on the display page 27 (see the processing routines of FIGS. 10, 7, and 5).

Further, objects such as character data 34a, graphic data 34b, image data 34c, icons 34d, and buttons 34e as shown in FIG. By inputting, you can register freely.

When the button 23 shown in FIG. 12 is instructed by the pointing device, the display page 27 is turned and the next page is displayed. That is, the book processing unit 14
And the link information calling unit 16
7, the link information relating to the page is read, and the tag window and the window linked to the next page and their objects are displayed. However, the sticky note window 31 of FIG. 15 which is not linked to the next page and has no protruding portion from the page is visually hidden, and other hidden pages are hidden. Is displayed only in the non-overlapping portion (see the processing routine in FIGS. 4 and 3).

When the page 27 is displayed and the sticky window 32 linked to another page hidden by the page 27 is designated by the pointing device, the book processing section 14 and the The link information calling unit 16 searches for the page linked to the tag window 32 and displays it on the display unit 19 (FIG. 11, FIG.
4 and 3).

FIGS. 17 and 18 show a display example according to another embodiment of the present invention, which does not have the functions of the link button and the unlink button.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 17, the link between each page 41 and the tag window 42 is fixed, but it is possible to arbitrarily register an object in each tag window 42. If the displayed page is hidden by the superimposition of another page, only the non-superimposed portion of the tag window linked to the hidden page is displayed.

The embodiment of FIG. 18 is a modification of FIG.
This is a case where the multi-window display is performed so that the tag window 43 does not overlap the page 41.

[0071]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of multi-window display and processing objects in units of pages, wherein a tag window is pasted at an arbitrary position on each page. Registration means capable of arbitrarily registering objects in a sticky window pasted by the pasting means,
According to the position of the pasted sticky note window, the sticky note
Window means and link means for linking or unlinking the page, and the link means is provided for displaying the displayed page.
When a sticky note window is pasted on the
Link the sticky note window to the page and display it
Sticky window is not pasted on a page
Sometimes the tag window is unlinked from the page
To so, of course be able to perform information processing that integrates the pages linked with sticky notes, be readily controlled tag links, the unlinking by adjusting the bonding position of the tag window Can be. Further, when a linked page is hidden by superimposition of another page, a means for displaying only a non-superimposed portion of a sticky window linked to this page is provided, so that a search for a page which is not currently opened can be performed. It will also be very easy. As described above, according to the present invention, since the sticky note function is remarkably enhanced, information retrieval closer to a publication can be performed.
Can edit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram functionally showing the configuration of a book-type information management system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing hardware of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a main processing routine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a general page processing routine of a book.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation processing routine for a book.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing routine for performing different processing on a tag depending on whether the tag is linked.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a link information management processing routine.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing routine when a link button of a tag is operated.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a new sticky note creation processing routine.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing routine when an unlink button of a tag is operated.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a page search processing routine using a tag of a book.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit in the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit in the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit in the present embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit in the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit in the present embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Input part 12 Input data processing part 13 Sticky note processing part 14 Book processing part 15 Link information registration part 16 Link information calling part 17 Link information storage part 18 Output control part 19 Display part

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Jun Aoki 22-22 Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Inside Sharp Corporation (72) Inventor Noboru 22-22 Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Sharp Corporation (56) References JP-A-3-217951 (JP, A) JP-A-3-41559 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06F 3/00 G06F 3 /14

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus capable of multi-window display and processing an object in page units,
Pasting means for pasting a sticky window at an arbitrary position on each page; registration means for arbitrarily registering objects in the sticky window pasted by the pasting means; Depending on position
Link or unlink the tag window and the page
Link means for linking , wherein the link means is
A sticky note window is pasted on the page shown
Link, the tag window and the page are linked.
And a sticky note window is pasted on the displayed page.
When not attached, the tag window and the page
An information processing apparatus characterized by unlinking a page with a page . 2. A link to the pasted sticky note window
Page is hidden by superimposition of other pages
If not, the non-sticky window linked to the page
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: means for displaying only a superimposed portion .